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Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

1984 Olympic Ice Dance Champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

1984 Olympic Ice Dance Champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

1984 Olympic Ice Dance Champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

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In 1984, British ice dancers, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, won the Olympics. They performed a free dance program that received nine perfect 6.0 scores. Torvill and Dean changed ice dancing. Free dance became more creative and many figure skaters decided to give ice dancing a try.

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